the affair, there was a game against the journalists. dave ross and lindsay murphy represented fox 556789 we are proud to say tv won. >> what was that that dave ross just did? we have to show that again. we'll see that later on. dave ross did something with his arm and leg trying to throw a football. i don't know what that was. look at. this look at this. >> too bad he's not here. >> still have plenty ahead. fox 5 morning news continues right now. right now. good morning. straight up 5:00 right now t seem a little dark out -- well, it is dark anyway but it seems even darker, perhaps a little overcast, a little foggy out there. definitely humid, that's for sure. good morning. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm wisdom martin. welcome to fox 5 morning news. time now to talk about weather with tucker barnes.

>> still getting over that sports video i just saw. >> did you say dave ross with the arm. >> lindsay is a good athlete. >> dave ross? not so much. >> did i >> dave just tries to get it done any way he can. >> your forecast looks like hazy, hot and humid back in the cards today as we're expecting the possibility of a few late- day storms. you are off to a nice mild start with temperatures in the 70s and we'll see highs later today in the 90s. so after a couple of days with a bit of a break, 90s are back in the forecast. 72346 washington. 71 in baltimore this morning. -- 72 in washington. 74 in ocean city. we do have one or two showers and sprinkles across the region. just looking real carefully here, a few well out to the west into west virginia. a few more up towards baltimore. that is about t you mighten count are a shower or light sprinkle on the way to work. better chance of a thunderstorm this afternoon. they will be widespread, scattered. not everybody will see them but

for all of us, kind of hazy and humid with temperatures back in the 90s. about 93 in washington. >> okay. thank you, tucker. >> let's talk to lauren demarco about the roads. on-time traffic, good morning to you. >> good morning to you. we have been following the accident in clinton, route 5 branch avenue southbound. lanes were closed at birch hill road. good news there, it has moved off to the right shoulder so your travel lanes have reopened. lepts a take a look at trafficlapped. if you are traveling 95, got a bit of volume here heading up into the mixing bowl. -- let's take a look at trafficland. we had this incident here underneath the overpass for edsall road. a disabled car off to the right shoulder but everybody is getting past it. traveling the beltway in montgomery county, no issues for you. outer loop heading past university boulevard, effect is moving there. all around the beltway, your overnight construction should be wrapping up. lane opening up. 270 looks good as you make the

trip southbound out of germantown down towards the beltway. south courthouse road closed between columbia pike and sixth street for work on a water main. >> thank you. the country is banding together with the community in aurora, colorado to mourn the loss of 12 victims killed in friday's movie theater massacre. >> this all comes as the suspect accused of the mass shooting gets ready to make his first public appearance in court today. fox 5's sherry ly is live in the newsroom with the latest on this tragedy. >> good morning. >> reporter: the suspect, james holmes, is expected to be charged with first degree murder and could face the death penalty. the first step will be his arraignment today. he does remain in solitary confinement at a detention center. police say that holm has lawyered up with a public defender and is no longer cooperating. tears, hugs, signs of sorrow. hundreds have gayer haded in

our era, colorado -- have gathered in aurora, colorado to honor and pray. >> veronica mosser sullivan. john t. larimer, alexander j. boik -- jessie e. childress. jonathan t. blunk. , alex m sullivan. mikayla medek. , matthew, r., mcquinn. gordon w. cowden. >> reporter: the victims range in age from six to 51, all from different background, different walks of life but now unite in tragedy and their death has unite the community. >> we will remember you, he will honor you by celebrating life, he will honor you by i have hadding our lives a little better. >> reporter: mayor steve hogan reminding the community at the vigil of their strength and resolve. >> it is not this senseless act

of violence that marks us as a community. it is the lives and acts of these heroes and the innumerable acts of kindness, love and care for our neighbors that defines who we are. >> reporter: sources say inside the suspect's booby trapped apartment, they found a batman mask and poster. officials at the university of colorado medical campus where holmes had been working on a ph.d. are also now investigating whether he was able to get hazardous materials from there. he quit that program last month. >> thank you. fox 5 will have continuing coverage of the story on our web site, myfoxdc.com. as information comes in, we will put it online there for you and you can find everything right on our home page. ur home we are waiting for the ncaa's punishment against penn state later this morning just as the school removes joe

paterno's statue outside the football stadium. worker took it down yesterday as about 100 students watched even though it was blocked by a blue tarp. meanwhile, fans expect the ncaa to come down hard on the football program when it announces the sanctions against penn state this morning. they will be announced at a 9:00 a.m. press conference and we'll have full coverage including commentary and analysis later this morning. at least 11 people killed in a horrific accident in southern texas. this is a photograph of that crash scene. the driver of a pickup truck loaded with passengers drove off the road and hit two trees in a rural town about 100 miles southeast of san antonio. twelve other people were injured. several survivors are in critical condition this morning. police say a tire blew out on the pickup right before it crashed. montgomery county police or the hunt identify suspect accused of stabbing a man and stealing his car. it happened around 2:30 this morning on frederick road in

germantown. police believe the suspect and the victim knew each other. they say the two got into a verbal altercation that escalated into an assault. police say they know the identity of the suspect. more potential violations being leviedmayor vincent gray's 2010 campaign. according to the "washington post," the gray campaign kept a database of nearly 6,000 public housing residents. use of an ann authorize the list could violate several laws and regulations including the use of government resources for political purposes. list reportedly helped campaign workers identify potential voters who would support gray. the mayor denies knowing about the database. coming up, a high profile trial that has been long delayed. up next, details of what is about to happen in one courtroom today. plus, latest on a deadly mystery here in the district. police say it all as a resulted with an act of kind's. stay with us. [ male announcer ] food you eat is a blt.

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d.c. police are trying to track down the person accused of fatally stabbing a shop manager near nationals park. 60-year-old hayes dennis was

killed during a robbery near his cab repair shop on q street. police say he led a man into the shop so he could get some water. when he came back out, the man pulled a large knife out and dennis gave him $20 in his pocket and tried to walk away. that is when the man stabbed him twice according to police. police police are trying to get surveillance video from that area. today is turning into the bloodiest day of the year in iraq as another attack on an army base killed 13 soldiers. the latest attack we are hearing of was in northeast and is part of a wave of roadside bombings, exploding cars and attacks that have left 82 dead in cities across iraq this morning. the ones around the capital appear to be coordinated and aimed at government forces. lawyers are picking a jury in the case of a former chicago cop charged with killing his third wife. drew peterson is also the prime suspect in the disappearance of his first wife. 200 prospective jurors have been waiting three years for the trial to start. this morning, lawyers will be asking them if they've ever

seen a tv movie about his third wife's death starring rob lowe who portrayed peterson. we have plenty of rain this weekend. we certainly did. what should we expect from mother nature this week? >> you know what's back, hazy, hot and humid conditions. i'll have all the details on your weather. willmar has a look at your traffic too. we'll do it -- lauren demarco has a look at your traffic too. we'll do it right after the break.

welcome back to fox 5 morning news. it is monday, the start of another outstanding week with a lot of weather trials and tribulations. >> you're optimistic. an outstanding week. >> every week is outstanding. just a matter of what we have to deal with as we get through, it hot, humid, rain, dry, cold. >> we've got it. >> it was very different this weekend from what we've had. >> it was a nice week. >> it rained a little bit. >> i know, it did rain. a nice change of pace after hazy, hot and humid conditions for the past six weeks or so. but they're right back. let's move onto something else and more of the same. high temperature yesterday at reagan national, 82 degrees. it was 84 yesterday at dulles. so third day in a row with temperatures trending a little below average. by the way, our average daytime high now is 88 degrees which is a degree below what it was a

few days ago. 89 is the peak for the year. so our temperatures starting that slow descent as summer is starting to ebb here just a little bit. 76 in washington. hope that made sense. 77 in annapolis. 70 in manassas. 72 at dulles. a warm, humid start to the day. you will notice that humidity the moment you step outdoors this morning as it is back. it will be sticky later this afternoon and again tomorrow up ahead of a cold front. not a lot to show you with our surface features. we do have energy here out to the west and i think we've got a decent chance of scattered showers and storms returning later today and some of those storms could drop some pretty heavy rain around here. just be ready for that potential. it will be partly to mostly cloudy for much of your day as we watch this cloud cover out to the west move in. again, very warm and humid and warmer than yesterday with highs expected to be in the low 90s for daytime highs. mix of sun and clouds. more clouds this afternoon. scattered afternoon thunderstorms return. wednesday will be light out of the south at about five miles

per hour. and then mostly cloudy with a couple evening showers and storms overnight. we'll lose the storms during the nighttime hours and they will be back with the cold front. 93degrees up ahead of the front tomorrow. wednesday and thursday, less humidity. should feel pretty god around here and temperatures in the upper 1r0 and back near 90. this is seasonal temperatures for the end of the week. -- in the upper 80s and back near 90. >> lauren demarco has your latest on the traffic now. >> we can take a look at waze. we have wazers righting in about the fog on 66. so leaving route 50 fair oaks, watch out for the foggy patches. 66 at manassas, seeing the volume start to build as you leave manassas heading towards centreville. once you get past centreville, the pace does improve but watch for those areas where you may encounter a little bit of fog on your way in toward the

beltway. . no problems crossing the 14th street bridge. 27 270, volume starting to build here. in arlington, south courthouse road does remain closed because of work on a water main break. keep that in mind. back to you. >> thank you. montgomery county's ride-on bus system is still experiencing some service problems as a result of last week's fire. now, today and tomorrow, buses will run on a modified holiday schedule. the company hopes to resume its normal weekday schedule on wednesday but passengers could still encounter some minor delays. now, in the past three years, seven buss in that particular fleet have caught fire. thousands rally to march from the washington monument to

remind the nation of the global aids crisis. sunday marked the beginning of a six-day international conference on hiv and aids. organizers laid out the memorial aids quilt in honor of those who have died of the disorder but this was also a place where those who are living with it could feel safe and accepted. >> it is like you don't have to worry about whether you got it or not. people will drink from your cup, eat off your plate. all that stuff and it feels good to be treated like a normal person. sunday's event featured performers and speakers like reverend al sharpton. continuing coverage of the mass shooting in colorado continues this morning. coming up next, the issue of gun control as we look at more images from that horrible night. >> we'll hear from fox 5 political analyst mark plotkin. stay with us. stay with us. i'm barack obama and i approve this message.

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reverend jesse jackson is urging the nation's leaders to unite for the ban of assault went nones the wake of the deadly shootings at a cole olympic movie theater. >> he is manning prayer vigils for the victims at theaters across the country next sunday. >> what happened is a pattern,

not just an incident. this is domestic terrorism undermining domestic tranquility. this is a national emergency. >> new york mayor michael bloomberg is among those also calling for tougher national gun laws as the movie theater massacre pushes the debate over gun control laws back into the political spotlight. >> fox 5's political analyst mark plotkin gave in insight when he talked with maureen umeh on the fox 5 news at 10:00 last night. >> reporter: both president obama and mitt romney have softened their positions on gun restrictions over the years but how likely are either one to raise gun control as a campaign issue. >> michael bloomberg said this should be a topic of the campaign and the candidates have an obligation to be specific. i don't think you'll see any specifics. michael bloomberg also pointed out that president obama, during the 2008 campaign, said

that he would reinstate the ban on assault weapons and that there has been very little discussion and absolutely no executive action on that issue. >> reporter: as you mentioned in the 2008 campaign, president obama was criticized for elitism after sounding dismissive of gun owners. why has he seemed to have shifted away from that and why is he not take a stronger stance now on gun control? >> it is pure politics. this is terrible to say but political calculation. the places where he needs to do well, swing states, ohio, pennsylvania, right here in virginia, there is a strong constituency that are pro- second amendment, feel they have a right to bear arms, there shouldn't be any more restrictions, not federal restrictions. let the states handle t he won't get those voters but he

doesn't want to alienate them even more. the turnout will be larger. so he didn't mention it much in 2008. he hasn't mentioned it while he is president and i don't expect him to mention it when he is a candidate. >> reporter: talked about virginia. let's stick with that. this is playing out on a state level as well. i want to talk about what george allen and also tim kaine have said in to guns, specifically the fact you buy guns in virginia. >> tim kaine has had a record of saying there should be background checks for gun shows. that is, when you go to a gun show, they have to dew abackground check rather than going to a local gun store. george allen doesn't favor that. tim kaine, the nra is going to support george allen and the national rifle association is a

potent lobby with about four million members nationally. they identify who are nra members and they get them to the polls. as a political force, they are very much to be reckoned with and people vote -- harry reid, a democrat, majority leader, is very much pro-second amendment. russ feingold who was defeated in wisconsin, rated the most liberal senator in the united states senate when he was there, was pro second amendment and and antigun control. even traditional establishment, left wing democrats are very wary of being against the nra and in any way showing any flexibility on this issue. >> reporter: and the debate continues. we'll have to leave it at that. mark plotkin, thank you as always. >> all right. we still have plenty ahead this morning. up next, a live update on what is due to up fold today in

colorado. plus, all of our other top stories and weather and traffic. stay with us.

do we have a fog horn. because it is foggy out there on wisconsin avenue as we take a live look outside this morning. muggy, foggy. >> is there anything that

hasn't happened weatherwise in the last 60 hours or whatever. >> seem like we're getting it all. >> sunshine yesterday afternoon, check. >> yeah, a little fog and mist to start your day. it won't be dense fog but it might be enough to slow your commute in a few spots. along with plenty of humidity -- >> check,. >> warmer temperatures on the way. >> check. >> we're right back in the 90s later this afternoon. we have the possibility of some thunderstorms late this afternoon. >> there you go, check, check. >> temperatures at reagan national, we are in the 70s. so a nice warm start to your day. 76 in washington. 73degrees this morning in fredericksburg. 73 in ocean city. warm, muggy start to your day. a few clouds as well. most of the area dry here. we have had a sprinkle or two kick up. look like most of the action is north and east of us up towards baltimore. you might encounter a sprinkle or light shower this morning. better chance we'll see some organized showers and

thunderstorms this afternoon. and some of the thunderstorms could drop some heavy rain so just be ready for that possibility. otherwise, we're right back into summertime. 93 later today in washington. 93 in leonardtown. 91 in hagerstown. >> okay. period. i thought there was more after that. >> we don't have a choice. more coming up in a minute. >> let's check in with lauren demarco to get the latest on traffic. a little foggy out there, lauren. house is that influencing visibility -- how is that influencing visibility? >> we do have some folks talking about fog on waze. we are seeing a little bit of fog just on the virginia side of the american legion bridge near the gw parkway. looks like a little bit foggy out there. near the bridges, you want to watch for that. things are looking pretty good on 66 itself here leaving route other. no real issues heading in

towards the beltway. we do have volume building between manassas and 270. everything pick back up at father hurley. no real issues heading into the beltway. we are seeing the volume build here in lakeshore don up through newington. 395 looking good despite the disabled vehicle near edsall road. columbia pike does remain closed in both direction because of work on a water main. >> we continue approximate our ongoing coverage of the movie theater massacre in aurora, colorado. >> this morning, the suspect accused of killing a dozen people during a midnight showing of the new batman movie will make his first public appearance in court. sherry ly is live in the newsroom with the latest on this tragedy. >> reporter: the suspect, james holmes, is being held without bond. police still have no motive. over the weekend, hundreds of

people gathered for a prayer individual -- vigil in colorado. james holmes, man suspected of shooting up a colorado movie theater early friday morning, is due to make his initial court appearance today. >> they will get a case filing. they will get some basic information to tell them what charges are appropriate and then the investigation will go on. >> reporter: police officials say holmes is not cooperating. and some are left to wonder if he will be mentally competent to stand trial. >> they believe he is not competent to proceed, he will get sent down to be evaluated at the state hospital. >> reporter: authorities say it could take months to determine a motive. but one former police officer suspects holmes wanted to become a villain similar to one in the batman movies. >> i believe that he planned this for months and the fantasy was for him to take on the persona of the joker. >> reporter: holmes allegedly clad in body armor carried and

salt rifle, shotgun and handgun 199packed movie theater. he unloaded a hail of bullets hitting several people. his youngest victim to die, a six-year-old girl. some suggest that holmes wanted his heinous act to carry him to infamiliary. >> he never intended to die n his mind, he has become the joker. >> reporter: today's arraignment start the 72 hour clock for the district attorney to file formal charges. holmes is expected to be charged with first degree murder and could face the death penalty. >> thank you. fox 5 will have continuing coverage of this story on our web site. as information comes in, we will put it online for andres you can find everything right there on our home page. a big question this morning, will the ncaa shut down penn state's football program. at 9:00, we'll find out how bad the punishment will be when the

national collegiate athletic association is announcing punitive sank shops against the university. after an internal probe found that coach paterno and the school helped cover up allegationss of jerry nods' child sex abuse. sank shops range from a $0 million fine, a ban from future bowl appearances or the ultimate so-called death penalty, the elimination of the school's football program. fans and penn state alums are pretty word wimbledon about what could happen. >> as a a ten state grad, i'm disappointed in penn state itself. >> it was one man that did this and i don't think they should punish the new football players, the new football coach. >> reporter: the sanctions will an announced at 9:00 ate press conference and we'll carry it here live on fox 5. new this morning, at least 11 people were killed and 12 others injured when the driver after pickup truck drove off the road and hit two trees about 100 miles southeast of san antonio.

this is a photograph of the crash scene. all of people that included children were passengers in the truck. the accident may have been caused in part by a blown tree. montgomery county police are trying to track down a suspect accused of stab ago man and stealing his car. it happened around 2:30 this morning on frederick road in germantown. they say the two got into a verbal altercation that escalated into assault. mayor vincent gray facing more allegations of possible campaign violations. according to the "washington post," the gray campaign kept a database of nearly 6,000 public housing residents it targeted to get out the vote in 2010. the use of such a list could violate several laws and regular layings including the use of government resources for political purposes. it is unclear at this point who assembled this particular list. mayor gray denies knowing about the database. new developments concerning

that crippled nuclear power plant in japan. coming up income, details of the operator of that manhattan and how he is being accused -- coming up next. the mother of possiblity most famous singing family in history. is katherine jackson really missing? we'll tell you when her son is saying when we check more headlines coming up next. i'm barack obama and i approve this message. [romomney singing]: oh beautiful, for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, for purple mountains majesty, above the fruited plain, america, america, god shed his grace on thee, and crowned thy good, with brotherhood...

the tokyo electric power company is getting criticized over the damaged nuclear power plant in japan. >> a government investigation finds it is not coming clean on estimates about the fukushima nuclear power plant. the report wraps up a series of probes and says a cull tier of complacency and poor crisis management made the disaster even worse than it should have been. it appears that michael jackson's mother is not missing after all. king of pop's brother, jermaine jackson, tweeted that his mother is safe and resting on doctor's advice with his sister in voice. the 28-year-old katherine jackson was reported missing by family on saturday. in height after the colorado movie theater shooting, warner brothers is not releasing its usual box office revenue report. but film experts estimate the dark knight rised holds a spot in the top three movie openings

of all time and that it is on track to bring in nearly $160 million for the weekend. e week we all love window shopping and clearly, after you see this next story, you will know we're in the just talking about humans. we'll toe you what sent customers running from the mall. we are all checking your weather and traffic. stay with us. take a live look right now at interstate 95. rstate that is the woodrow wilson bridge. [ male announcer ] food you eat is a blt.

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check it out. with an unexpected window shopper at a pennsylvania mall, this bear cub wandered into the store at the pittsburgh mall yesterday and went browsing. >> that september customers running. store employees got everybody out and soon the whole mall was evacuated until wildlife officers could tranquilize the bear. >> he came right up by our foot and growled. she about had a heart attack. >> i've heard of deer having

incidents like had but not a bear. >> the bear went to sleep, got a little tired after his window shopping. >> probably needs a new coat. >> how does the bear end up wandering through the mall. >> how did he wander in. can they open the door? >> why are you looking at me like i'm an expert. >> she open doors and find food and stuff in people's cars. >> they probably can open a door. >> they figure stuff out. >> i'm just curious as to how a bear was able to walk into the mall and wander around. >> i want to know what he's looking for. >> probably a winter coat. >> okay. let me do the weather forecast. i would expect no one else will see a bear at the mall today. >> let's hope not. >> that is also pittsburgh, right. they've got a few more bears

around than we do. >> perhaps. >> 76 in washington. 70 in gaithersburg. cambridge, 70. warm and humid start to the day. you will notice the humidity as you head out the door and you will be dripping wet if you try to go out if a run, that kind of thing. temperatures, i think we are apretty much bottoming out here in the 70s with the cloud cover. today will be a warmer day. here is your temperature trend the next couple of days. today and tomorrow will be warmer days with highs back into the 90s. after a couple of days with a bit of a break. 90s with humidity back. good news is by wednesday, temperatures will cool a little bit and less humidity but we'll kind of bounce around back in the low 90s this week. again, wear not talking triple digits. we can handle temperatures in the low to mid-90s after all the heat we've had around here this month. it won't be a terrible afternoon. it will an huge you had afternoon and a chance for showers and storms too as we get a little piece of energy here from off to the north and west moving through. plenty of humidity in the forecast. a mix of clouds with some periods of sunshine as well.

and a better and better chance later today. you could see some showers and storms kick off. in fact, we'll show you futurecast and put it in motion. we'll see periods of sunshine. here we are the middle of the day. a little bit of sunshine, warm and humid with temperatures bouncing back into the low 90s. there you go. showers and thunderstorms develop by mid- to late afternoon. some of these storms could be heavy rainers and we could have some issues with some pretty good storms. we'll doe do it all over again tomorrow with a cold front. next couple of days, the possibility of a couple of thunderstorms each afternoon before we get to wednesday. warm and humid, 93 degrees. you will notice both the warmth and humidity back with a vengeance this afternoon. wednesday look great, highs in the upper 1r0. temperatures back near 90 for thursday and friday. that is a look at weather. -- wednesday looks great, highs in the upper 80s. >> back with a vengeance.

taking a toll on our hair. >> it feels that way. >> let's take a look at the commute. checking out the commute on i- 59 in virginia. fox 5 wazer reporting some moderate traffic near aquia harbor. thank you for that. also had some reports, we have a car stopped on the shoulder near woodbridge and also heavy traffic as you approach and head across the occoquan. do watch out for that. if you've got a smart phone, get the waze app. it is free and can you help contribute to our traffic reports. 95 in newington, see a lot of brake lights as you head up past the fairfax county parkway into springfield. 395 looking good from the beltway up to the 14th street bridge. do want to mention that we've got a water main break in southeast. 15th street at east capital and metro says metrobus service may experience delays in both direction. this is new york avenue at ninth street. no real delays to report for you there. in arlington, also dealing with the water main break, south courthouse road closed between

columbia pike and sixth street that. could affect bus service in the area. 66, we have the volume heading through manassas towards centreville so watch out for that. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. aside from this weekend's rain, mother nature hasn't been too kind to american farmers this season. the drought across much of the nation is forcing many farmers to turn to technology. >> fox's elizabeth prann has a closer look for us. >> reporter: it is the sound of relief, desperately needed water that mother nature isn't bringing lately. >> the last two years, our peep out crop has bain total loss. we harvested very few acres the last two years. it has been destroyed. >> reporter: with crops drying up and baking in the heat from the deep south to the midwest, farmers are not just hoping for rain but turning to technology. after years of destructive droughts, irrigation systems like the one behind me are

popping up in fields across the nation. for farmer, these artificial water sources are the difference between a robust crop or a devastating loss in the fall. elton sharp can barely keep up with the demand. farmers all over georgia are calling irrigation installers like him as repeated droughts strip the state. >> went to years ago, we were trying to convince people that they need them and now, we just have to try to convince them that we have the right pivot for them. >> reporter: the irrigation business is booming nationwide. in 2008, farmers spent a whopping $2.1 billion to install, man train and upgrade systems. >> the trend seems to be that we're having more and more dry years and so yes, i think irrigation is becoming more of a necessity. >> reporter: a necessity that is keeping many farmers afloat when mother nature seems to be

pulling the plug on the rain clouds. >> i don't think there is any better life than farm life. the washington nats bouncing back in a big way over the weekend. sports breakfast is coming up next. plus the media bowl. live football featuring a few fox 5ers and something in the video caught our attention too. sports is next.  i'm barack obama and i approve this message.

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in sports, the nats wrapped up their series with the braves. red-hot ryan zimmerman got things started with a two-run how manier in the first. his very next at high pressure bat, he would do it again. only this time, ross detweiler. the baltimore orioles in cleveland. they wasted no time getting on board. second battedder of the game, j. j. hardy, blasted a two-run homer. the os led it 4-1 in the ninth inning. cleveland mounted a comeback. they made it 4-3 but jim johnson got the final batter out and the baltimore orioles get the three-game sweep. good for them. >> good. the final round of the british open. seemed look the aussie adam scott had this in the bag but he would have a melt downwith several bogeys late in the surround. that opened the door for ernie

els. he won his second hope championship with seven under par. scott takes second at sick under r under and tiger woods tied for third four shots back. redskins training camp begins on thursday and in order for the media to get ready for the two-week fair, team's perform r drmt organized a little flag football game for the press. >> the federal season pitted the two sides and they played two 30-minute halves of seven on seven football. >> did you see that? what is that? >> what is he doing with those legs? we're proud to say that tv won 20-18 and it wasn't with any help by the dave ross kick pass. >> look at that. >> would flows a football. i think my 3-year-old daughter can flow a football better than that. >> and poor dave isn't here to defend himself. >> we kick him when he's down. that is that's how we roll here on fox 5. >> let's say good morning to

our facebook fan of the day. today we say hello to john gomilion and his daughter all match you had out in matching pittsburgh steelers shirts. >> that's nice. >> i wonder if they bought those shirts at the same place where the bear was in the mall. it was in pittsburgh. >> maybe. >> for your chance to be tomorrow's fan of the day, log onto our facebook page and make a comment under this picture. i i'm barack obama and i approve this message.

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